Stephan Farffler

Stephan Farffler (1633 – October 24, 1689[1]) was a Nurembergwatchmaker of the seventeenth century whose invention of a manumotive carriage in 1655 is widely considered to have been the first self-propelled wheelchair. The three-wheeled device is also believed to have been a precursor to the modern-day tricycle and bicycle.[2]